Monday, November 11, 2013

a pretend book cover for anna karenina. this novel took me several years to begin and only six days to finish: i read laying on my bed, curled up in an armchair, sitting on the floor, in cafés, at the library, on a park bench, first thing in the morning and well into the night; "the next couple hundred pages" became my reward for a couple hours' work. sometimes a book means so much to me that i cannot even talk about it; all i can say is that i'll carry it with me forever (not literally of course, it's a brick of a book).

your work is always so beautiful...poor Anna looks so sad that I just want to hug her.It's one of my favourite books and I know what you mean about sometimes not being able to talk about a story...I'm a bit like that with Sense and Sensibility, I always end up getting quite emotional when I try and explain how good it is (aghhhh I hate Fanny Dashwood...she is just the worse person in a book ever)

So I haven't read Anna Karenina, and now I must! Such a fetching portrait you've painted, full of mystery and melancholy, rendered so poetically...gorgeous. How in the world did you get that oval so perfect???

pattie:i was intimidated by the size of the book and didn't feel ready for it, and then one day just picked it up and couldn't stop until i was done! it's absolutely brilliant, and nothing about it is difficult as i had previously suspected.my oval definitely wasn't perfect! it's all thanks to the magic of photoshop. i made this in four pieces: the painting, the green oval around it, the background and the text - all digitally assembled. i don't have the skill to do such a thing all in one piece! ;)

I have yet ti read the book though I have t say I love this illustration and the other work you've done that I've seen so far. Found you through the post on I Love Illustration. Anyway, following your blog, and if you want. stop by me too. I also illustrate.